Additional information
| Weight | 0.3 kg |
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| Dimensions | 12 × 12 × 12 cm |
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| Size | 21.7 mm |
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[A102040] Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monetaria moneta, common name the “money cowry”, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
NOTE: This species is called “money cowry” because the shells were historically widely used in many Pacific and Indian Ocean countries as shell money before coinage was in common usage.
